Ezekiel 46:1

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The Prince’s Offerings“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:23 : 23 From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me,” says the LORD.
  • Exod 20:9 : 9 For six days you may labor and do all your work,
  • Ezek 44:1-2 : 1 The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut. 2 The LORD said to me:“This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.
  • Ezek 45:17-19 : 17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel. 18 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary. 19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.
  • Ezek 46:6 : 6 On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.
  • Luke 13:14 : 14 But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd,“There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.”
  • Heb 4:9-9 : 9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10 For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the LORD’s house. Right there at the entrance to the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD’s temple, facing east– they were worshiping the sun toward the east!

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  • Ezek 46:2-4
    3 verses
    86%

    2The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

    3The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.

    4The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the LORD on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

  • Ezek 46:12
    84%

    12When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the LORD, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out.

  • Ezek 44:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    1The Closed Gate Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.

    2The LORD said to me:“This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.

    3Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal before the LORD; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”

    4Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the LORD filling the LORD’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

    5The LORD said to me:“Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the LORD’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.

  • Ezek 46:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.

    9“‘When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

    10When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out.

  • Ezek 43:1
    76%

    1The Glory Returns to the Temple Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

  • Neh 13:19
    74%

    19When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

  • Jer 17:24
    73%

    24The LORD says,‘You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day.

  • Ezek 46:19
    73%

    19Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end.

  • Ezek 43:4
    71%

    4The glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.

  • Ezek 40:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet.

    24Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.

  • Ezek 40:32
    71%

    32Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • Ezek 45:18
    71%

    18“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

  • Isa 60:11
    71%

    11Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

  • 2 Chr 23:4
    71%

    4This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

  • Jer 17:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19Observance of the Sabbath Day Is a Key to the Future The LORD told me,“Go and stand in the People’s Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem.

    20And then announce to them,‘Listen to the LORD’s message, you kings of Judah, and everyone from Judah, and all you citizens of Jerusalem, those who pass through these gates.

    21The LORD says,‘Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

  • Ezek 40:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.

    20He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north.

  • Ezek 42:15
    70%

    15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6
    69%

    6Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

  • Ezek 40:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

    28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.

  • Ezek 40:9-11
    3 verses
    69%

    9He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

    10There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.

    11He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.

  • Jer 7:2
    69%

    2“Stand in the gate of the LORD’s temple and proclaim this message:‘Listen to the LORD’s message, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the LORD.

  • Ezek 42:1
    69%

    1Chambers for the Temple Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

  • Ezek 46:6
    69%

    6On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

  • Isa 26:2
    69%

    2Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter– one that remains trustworthy.

  • Ezek 40:6
    69%

    6Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep.

  • Ezek 42:12
    69%

    12were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3I said to them,“The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

  • Isa 66:23
    69%

    23From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me,” says the LORD.

  • Ezek 40:44
    69%

    44On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south gate facing north.

  • Neh 3:6
    69%

    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • Jer 17:27
    68%

    27But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

  • Ezek 40:48
    68%

    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

  • Ezek 48:31
    68%

    31the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

  • Ezek 47:2
    68%

    2He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side.

  • Ezek 46:21
    68%

    21Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court.